Electronically Filed

Supreme Court
SCAP-14-0000873
05-JUN-2015
09:22 AM

SCAP-14-0000873
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I
MAUNA KEA ANAINA HOU; CLARENCE KUKAUAKAHI CHING; FLORES-CASE
#OHANA; DEBORAH J. WARD; PAUL K. NEVES; and KAHEA: THE HAWAIIAN
ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE, a domestic non-profit corporation,
Petitioners/Appellants-Appellants,
vs.
BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF HAWAII; DEPARTMENT
OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF HAWAII; SUZANNE CASE,1 in
her official capacity as Chair of the Board of Land and Natural
Resources and Director of the Department of Land and Natural
Resources; and UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO,
Respondents/Appellees-Appellees.
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT
(CAAP-14-0000873; CIV. NO. 13-1-0349)
ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)

Upon consideration of Petitioners/AppellantsAppellants application for transfer, filed on May 10, 2015,
Respondent/Appellee-Appellee University of Hawaii at Hilos
opposition, filed on May 15, 2015, the respective supporting
documents, and the record,
1

Pursuant to Hawai#i Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 43(c), Suzanne

Case has been substituted as a party in place of William J. Aila, Jr., in his
official capacity as Chair of the Board of Land and Natural Resources and
Director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the application for transfer

is granted.

This case is transferred to the supreme court

effective the date of this order.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, June 5, 2015.
/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
/s/ Paula A. Nakayama
/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
/s/ Richard W. Pollack
/s/ Michael D. Wilson